THE IMPERIAL NURSES' CLUB.
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Th!s club, which was opened by Lord French eighteen months ago, and which many of your readers generously helped to establish, has been largely used by nurses from all parts of the country and Empire who needed some home-like place to which they could come for a few days' freedom from stress and anxiety. The strain and pressure resulting to members of the nursing pro- fession from the enormous amount of physical and mental suffering at the present time has made some such club almost a necessity. During the first year of its existence over four hundred members joined the club; we served 5,590 meals, made up 1,680 beds, and our numbers are increasing to such an extent that already the present accommodation is inadequate. At this moment the happy chance has come to us of acquiring the next-door house and uniting it to our present quarters; it is a case of " now or never," as the houses may be otherwise disposed of if we do not close with the landlord's present offer before July 23rd. We need to raise £2,000. If all who realise the work the nurses are doing, and the opportunity which now presents itself of enlarging a club which they need and appreciate, and of which they themselves are the main support (for we are not a charity), will give what they can without delay the amount will be raised by the date named. Contributions can be sent either to the Hon. Treasurer, Major W. McAdam Eccles, R.A.M.C. (T.), 124 Harley Street, W. 1; or to me.
Hon. Secretary and Superintendent of the Club. Imperial Nurses' Club, 137 Ebury Street, S.W. 1.
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